Information about our Affiliate Network

This Report contains information submitted by official CC affiliates in response to a 2010 year-end survey. This is the second time that CC-HQ has requested information about affiliates and their activities. The first survey was conducted in early Spring 2010, and reports generated on a voluntary basis. This resulted in a low response rate. The survey used to compile this Report solicited responses from affiliates in 75 jurisdictions. CC received responses from affiliates in 52 of those jurisdictions.

Annual reporting by CC affiliates is required under the new affiliate network structure. Future surveys and resulting reports will contain additional, more detailed information, of use to CC as well as the affiliates.[1] For reference, from early 2010 to the first quarter of 2011, seven new Affiliate teams are expected to join the network.

Affiliate Supplied Information

Data note: for most questions, affiliates were given the ability to select more than one answer; therefore, totals exceed number of jurisdictions reporting (i.e., 52). A list of respondents is included below.

Team Information

Team size varies from one to over 50 individuals. Total, CC has more than 400 volunteers around the world participating on official CC affiliate teams. Many of the teams consist of about 10 people.

Focus Areas

In 2010, affiliate teams focused most on outreach and promotion of Creative Commons. Nearly every team did some sort of outreach or promotion during 2010.

Key Activities

The most common activities conducted by affiliates in 2010 were consulting with prospective license users and organizing conference and salon events. Affiliates also spent a large amount of time working on license porting and translation activities.

Funding

Many teams are supported solely by their respective affiliate institutions. For those that do receive outside funding, law firms, for-profit corporations, and revenue gained from workshops provide the main sources of revenue.

Challenges

Affiliate teams not only shared their most common challenges, but also ideas for overcoming these challenges. In addition to the common challenges identified below, challenges in the Other category include confusion and lack of clarity around license terms and license proliferation by others. Proposed solutions suggested improving the FAQ on the CC website and increasingly emphasizing license compatibility.

Ideas for Improving/Addressing Challenges

In General (largely unedited):

Increase information about CC in mainstream media

Find people who want to advocate for CC and let them do it their way

Show that culture and the culture of sharing is vital for the development, and for the peace and balance, of any society

Change focus of CC HQ from a legalist mindset towards more practical issues

Focus on problems within free culture, instead of noncritical hype and idolization of CC and the few well known use cases

Think about how to improve copyright law, not just take it as a given

Act as a global movement

More media coverage

Less bureaucracy, especially the porting process

Lack of funds

Better fundraising strategy, expected to come from the new affiliate structure

Fundraising events

Applications for funds

Support from CC for funding proposals, including recommendations of potential donors

CC HQ should provide funding each year to teams

Cooperation with major CC adopters and sympathizers

Seek sponsors

Lack of Volunteers

Begin dedicated educational program training of advocates for openness

Find more people who can contribute in new ways

Hold workshops to increase awareness of CC and find new volunteers there

Recruit at lectures and through fliers

Use student policy fellows

Provide more education about CC to the public, especially young lawyers, professionals and researchers

Respondents

The 2010 Affiliate Report is based on completed surveys from the following jurisdictions. Thanks to everyone who submitted a report!

Armenia

Australia

Azerbaijan

Brazil

Bulgaria

Chile

China Mainland

Costa Rica

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Ecuador

Egypt

Finland

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Guatemala

Hong Kong S.A.R.

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia

Israel

Italy

Japan

Lebanon

Macedonia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Romania

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switerzland

Syria

Taiwan

Thailand

UK

Ukraine

Venezuela

↑The 2010 Annual Survey was abbreviated due to work product commitments of affiliates necessary to complete the affiliate enhancement process. These other activities included the preparation of roadmaps for activities in 2011, and reviewing and completing new memoranda of understandings. Staff anticipates the restructuring to be completed in full by late January//early February 2011.